D-STAR Rig Control

D-STAR Rig Control

[IT2 Stuart Blake Tener, USNR]

ALCON:

I am curious what (if any) integration is existent with controlling rigs such as
the ICOM IC-2820H, IC-91AD, etc..., that are D-STAR radios.

Being able to read and write memories, etc.., would be quite useful to say the
least.


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IT2 Stuart Blake Tener, USNR, N3GWG (Extra), MROP
Beverly Hills, CA / Las Vegas, NV / Philadelphia, PA / Washington, DC
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Re: D-STAR Rig Control

[don]

On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 04:02:44PM +0000, IT2 Stuart Blake Tener, USNR wrote:
> ALCON:
> 
> I am curious what (if any) integration is existent with controlling rigs such as
> the ICOM IC-2820H, IC-91AD, etc..., that are D-STAR radios.
> 
> Being able to read and write memories, etc.., would be quite useful to say the
> least.

I have an IC-2820 and have looked into what it can do over the computer
interface.  It appears that it can only upload or download the entire memory
as one large chunk.  The data is in hex format and is a bit over 100k bytes.

It doesn't seem to respond to any other commands.

If someone knows differently I'd be very happy to be wrong.


Don Reid - W7DMR

Re: D-STAR Rig Control

[IT2 Stuart Blake Tener, USNR]

Quoting don <don_reid@comcast.net>:

> On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 04:02:44PM +0000, IT2 Stuart Blake Tener, USNR wrote:
> > ALCON:
> >
> > I am curious what (if any) integration is existent with controlling rigs
> such as
> > the ICOM IC-2820H, IC-91AD, etc..., that are D-STAR radios.
> >
> > Being able to read and write memories, etc.., would be quite useful to say
> the
> > least.
>
> I have an IC-2820 and have looked into what it can do over the computer
> interface.  It appears that it can only upload or download the entire memory
> as one large chunk.  The data is in hex format and is a bit over 100k bytes.

Excellent! My goal (initially) would be to design a software for programming the
2820H, and IC-91AD that would be usable on a MacOS/Linux environment.

May I respectfully request if you could publish the information regarding how
one would accomplish this, and if the HamLib supports provisionment of an API
to do same?

>
> It doesn't seem to respond to any other commands.

At the moment, programming the radio would be my first interest.

>
> If someone knows differently I'd be very happy to be wrong.

Well, I am sure if anyone knows, Robin (AA4RC) does, and I plan to try to get
some time with him at the Hamvention.

>
>
> Don Reid - W7DMR
>


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IT2 Stuart Blake Tener, USNR, N3GWG (Extra), MROP
Beverly Hills, CA / Las Vegas, NV / Philadelphia, PA / Washington, DC
mobile: (310) 358-0202
Nextel: 124*233172*14 (direct connect)
e-mail: teners@bh90210.net

memory programming, was Re: D-STAR Rig Control

[Stephane Fillod]

Fri, Feb 15, 2008, IT2 Stuart Blake Tener, USNR skribis:
> Quoting don <don_reid@comcast.net>:
> 
> > On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 04:02:44PM +0000, IT2 Stuart Blake Tener, USNR wrote:
> > > ALCON:
> > >
> > > I am curious what (if any) integration is existent with controlling rigs
> > such as
> > > the ICOM IC-2820H, IC-91AD, etc..., that are D-STAR radios.
> > >
> > > Being able to read and write memories, etc.., would be quite useful to say
> > the
> > > least.
> >
> > I have an IC-2820 and have looked into what it can do over the computer
> > interface.  It appears that it can only upload or download the entire memory
> > as one large chunk.  The data is in hex format and is a bit over 100k bytes.
> 
> Excellent! My goal (initially) would be to design a software for programming the
> 2820H, and IC-91AD that would be usable on a MacOS/Linux environment.

Do you have the documentation of the protocol/format of the memory data?

> May I respectfully request if you could publish the information regarding how
> one would accomplish this, and if the HamLib supports provisionment of an API
> to do same?

Hamlib already has the API to program memory of rigs[1]. However, we're
badly missing memory programming GUI. Is there's anyone into GUI around
here? It should be done easily cross-platform with FLTK[2] or wxPython[3],
or with any other framework. You will find help on programming with Hamlib
by joining the mailing list here[4].

[1] http://hamlib.sourceforge.net/manuals/1.2.7/html/mem_8c.html
[2] http://www.fltk.org/
[3] http://wxPython.org/
[4] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hamlib-developer

73
-- 
Stephane - F8CFE

Re: memory programming, was Re: D-STAR Rig Control

[Stephane Fillod]

Hi Don,

don skribis:
> On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 02:50:41PM +0200, Stephane Fillod wrote:
> > Do you have the documentation of the protocol/format of the memory data?
> 
> I don't have any documentation, I have some captured data from using the
> MS-Win program.  In these files, the first column is the sender (1=PC,
> 2=Radio), the second column is the time (not much use), then the data.
> 
> The protocol seems to use CV-I commands not covered in the documents I
> have seen. 

Sorry, without protocol documentation, it's going to be very uneasy for
me, esp. without real hardware. Maybe you can try to reverse engineer
the protocol under "faire use". You could also try to bug your radio
dealer/manufacturer.

73
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Stephane - F8CFE